Quite a lot of experience I have gained during becoming a blogger. From bitter experience, sour, sour, sweet to the taste.
Well on this occasion I would like to share some tips to learn a special blog for my friend who wants to blogging but still confused about how and where to start.
I wrote this post because so many are asking me:
Mas ajarin blogging dong!
Mas how the hell do I blog?
Mas why blogs like market, ajarin dong!
Mas mas to be blogging course not?
and other similar questions.
To be honest I am a bit confused to answer questions like this, because I was not a person who has a lot of experience on the blog. I'm also still learning the same as other bloggers.
But here as much as I would share what I've learned so far and I also add a few tips from other bloggers that have proven successful.
Why blogging?
Learning Blogging for Beginners
The first thing that needs to be buddy buddy ask yourself is "Why Blogging?" I'm sure my friend had a reason why want to blog.
Maybe because my friend hobby really write, want to be famous on the internet, make gayaan style, fad wrote because there was no work, want to make a lot of money from blogs, or others.
To be sure everyone has different reasons why want to be a blogger. Whatever the reasons are important tea-drinking still so * ro #eh.
The reason blogging is closely related to our goals. For no apparent reason my friend is difficult to determine the destination.
Is blogging goals important?
The answers are below.
The benefits of blogging
If my friend has a reason why want to blog, then you should also know the benefits of blogging buddy to be more convincing blogging pal that it is indeed a very pleasant thing.
Here are some benefits that can mate get if being a blogger:
1. Being a great writer
Honestly, the first time I knew the beginning of my blog, including those who are not so able to write. To just write one sentence me so hard. It is reasonable considering my background is not the first person who bependidikan, only junior high school graduates who do not clever-clever very, very still pinteran the next door neighbor.
But since becoming a blogger, Alhamdulillah little by little I began to write fluently. Although it can not dibililang nice, but I think it was very unusual.
Well if my friend alone are people who like to write, then I'm sure if blogging pal pal writing skills will increase and it is not likely to become a great writer.
2. Helping others
The benefits of blogging is not just for our own, because of the blog we can also help others with the knowledge or the knowledge we have.
Nothing else is more fun than blogging but can help others.
3. Building trust
When we can help others through blogs then we would be given credence by our readers because it has provided useful information for them.
Indeed, what is the importance of trust?
I convinced my friend to know if the online world is growing. Internet users continues to grow every day and more and more people began to expand their business in the online world.
One key to the success of an online business is trust. Well, a blog is a great place to build that trust.
4. Build Network
Another benefit is that we can easily build a network through blogs. If your blog is consistently filled with writings that are useful in accordance with our expertise, the more loyal readers who diligently visit our blog.
If we already have the trust and also an extensive network on the internet, it will be very easy to develop business on the internet.
5. Generate Money
The latter of course that the blog can also be a place to make money. How to? I will explain in more detail below.
Now that some of the benefits of blogging that can mate get. Actually there are many more, but suffice it to write down 5 just that I think is the greatest.
From where to start?
Started Blogging
Started blogging it is actually very easy, but most people are puzzled by himself.
1. Determine the purpose
Is blogging goals important? Very important. If we do not have a goal then it is definitely our blog will be no clear direction of purpose will be where, and we also become inconsistent in taking care of our blog.
Blogging it takes time, effort, and thought. Do not let it all wasted because it does not have a clear purpose.
2. Determine the topic
Choose a topic that really interested in accordance with the hobby buddy or pal expertise. If my friend chose a topic that my friend do not really like, then your blog will not last long.
Read first: How to Choose the Best Blog Topics
3. Choose a blogging platform
Lots of platform or service that we can use for blogging, like Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr, and other sebagainnya. Broadly speaking, all the same, all for free. But I think Blogger is the right choice for my friend who just wants to learn blogging.
4. Start writing
If my friend already have a blog then the most important thing is to fill your blog with posts. Start writing what you want buddy wrote in accordance with the specified topic has been my friend.
5. Beautify blog
It is not so important who actually performed by a novice blogger but no harm done if the origin is not excessive.
Buddy can change the template or the look of your blog with a better, install widgets to be more beautiful to look at, and others. But remember! do not overdo it because most bloggers beginners hooked mutually template or display which ultimately is just a waste of time.
Mistakes are often made novice blogger
Blogger Mistakes Beginners
After my friend know how to start blogging, then you should listen to my friend some common mistakes made by novice bloggers that my friend does not need to do the same thing the following:
1. Too busy with display
As I mentioned a little above, which almost made the mistake most novice bloggers are too busy to look. Mutually templates, plug-detached widgets, etc. In fact, all it did was not so important.
Which will make your blog known and visited by many people will not because of the look, but the existing content on your blog.
2. Concerned quantity rather than quality
Blogger beginners usually vying to fill the blog with posts as much as possible in the hope of quickly getting a lot of visitors regardless of whether the posting results to write your own or other bloggers writing trace results.
3. Too much reading information but lack of practice
As a beginner blogger usually very great curiosity. Read this read it to his head full of information and confused which one should dipraktekan.Lebih good bit of information but actually practiced than most information but did not use.
4. Inconsistent
In the early days very diligently update regularly post every day, but then suddenly disappeared somewhere. Update the blog regularly is very nice, but I think consistency is much more important.
5. Discuss too many topics
Is it a problem if discusses many topics? absolutely not. But that is certainly your blog will be difficult to develop, not unique, not have the identity, and it will be difficult to get the reader setia.Baca: Select Mana, Discussing One or Many Topic Topic?
6. Too obsessed with statistics blog
A blogger beginner will usually very diligent in checking the number of visitors, alexa rank, pagerank, and so forth. The day can check up to hundreds of times. Though it will not help increase the number of the end of your blog and will only be a waste of time.
7. Making too many blogs
Honest enough bloggers who have experienced that manage many blogs, tens and even hundreds. But especially for beginners it is not advisable to make too many blogs because it will make no focus.
Although my friend is no longer a beginner I think managing a lot of blogs is not a necessity. All depends on the purpose pal. If my friend wants to create a blog to be popular and enduring, then there is no reason to manage many blogs.
8. Too ambitious to get a quick aang
Inevitably many bloggers who started blogging because they want to earn money. They assume gain money from a blog can be done overnight, but it is not so. It takes time, effort and consistency.
I myself can only make money after two years of blogging. Long time indeed given me start completely from scratch. Buddy might be faster or longer. Which obviously takes time, effort and consistency.
9. Do not take advantage of the Google search engine with a maximum
Instead of just a matter of the blog, any information can be found easily on google. So make use of Google with good to learn blogging.
Begin developing a blog
Developing Blog
If we already have a blog and some content in it, then of course we want that our blog has a lot of readers or visitors. Well here we start malakukan the name of promotion, getting to know the name of SEO and breast bengeknya.
1. Stay focused to content
Content to any time will remain a major factor of success of a blog. Create content that is really good quality. Like what it is quality content:
Wanted by readers
Unique, different, and original
Useful and beneficial
2. SEO
SEO or Search Engine Optimization is an attempt to optimize our blog on search engines. If my friend want your blog to get more visitors from search engines then inevitably have to deal with SEO pal.
But my friend does not need to actually be an SEO expert to be mendaptakan visitors from search engines. Simply use a basic understanding of SEO I think this is enough to help increase traffic to your blog from search engines.
I highly recommend my friend to read the beginners of the Google SEO guidelines. SEO guide is in the form of .pdf files and can mate download HERE.
2. Blogwalking
Blogwalking is simply the activity berkujung blog to others while leaving a comment. Blogwalking is the old way which is often done by a novice blogger to mandapatkan end, but even today is still an effective way.
In addition to getting the end blogwalking also has many other benefits, including:
Establish silaturrahmi fellow bloggers
Getting backlinks is one of the most important factors of SEO
Getting an idea or inspiration
etc
3. Social Media
Inevitably this time most people spend time on social media. Take advantage of social media well as a promotion for your blog.
4. Forum
On the internet a lot of forums that contain people who have a particular hobby or interest. Gabunglah into the forums that correspond to the topic of your blog.
At its core is aktiflah where readers pal often menghabisakan time. Buddy can be an informal discussion with them according to the topics of interest and occasional buddy promote your blog. Most importantly do not make excessive promotion because some forums have strict regulations.
5. Social bookmarking
Social Bookmarking is a site that functions to bookmark pages available on the internet online. Many bloggers are using the social bookmarking site as a place to bring visitors and also looking for backlinks.
One of the social bookmarking site of the most popular in Indonesia is lintas.me. My friend can submit your blog posts to social bookmarking is.
6. Keep Learning
Keep learning to improve the ability of blogging buddy. Take advantage of Google as a search for the information that my friend needed.
Gabunglah to forums like ads.id because a lot of useful tips there.
Making money from blogs
If your blog has been great, it has a lot of readers, it does not hurt to start making your blog as a cash machine.
Weve can bro ??? do not believe me ..
Really can bro. Even the income from the blog can also extraordinary big bro.
Originally we wanted to be consistent blogging, earn money from blogs is not impossible though only with a free blog platform.
Linda Ikeji which is a blogger from Nigeria is a simple example of successful obtain a large enough income from a free blog to capitalize consistency.
Income bloggers this one reaches 300M / month just from one blog that berlamat in http://lindaikeji.blogspot.com. For more information about this successful blogger friend can read it here.
Successful Blogger
Linda Ikeji, Blogger Success of Nigeria
Is this is a blogger Linda Ikeji with the greatest income in the world?
Yes definitely not a bro .. if my friend wants to know who the blogger who has the highest income, then the answer is Arianna Huffington.
The owner of this blog The Huffington Post has reached 8 billion income every month. WOW!
Blog coolest
That of Indonesia where Brooo?
For bloggers Indonesia already successful of blogs actually very much at all. But as a good example of my friend can look Eka Lesmana, a former handyman Angon successful duck earn hundreds of millions of dollars just from the blog.
Please can see the video below to listen to the story of the man who is also a graduate directly junior like me.
Read also my interview with Eka Lesmana HERE
I myself also feel that his name monetizing a blog. Mesikpun income is not as big as Eka Lesmana, Linda Ikeji, especially Arianna Huffington, but no harm to have a dream to be like them.
So now the question is ... how do BRO .... ??
There are so many ways to make money from blogs. Here are some of the most popular ways to make money from the blog:
1. Network Advertising
The most popular way that is widely used Indonesian bloggers to make money from blogs is to follow the program advertising networks or Advertising Networks.
With a program like this we just need to put a script or code into your blog to display ads automatically.
We will get paid every time someone clicks on your ad on our blog, or the term PPC aka Pay Per Click.
Here are some of the most popular Advertising Networks:
Google AdSense (Read: How to List the Google AdSense)
Media.net
Chitika
Idblognetwork (local)
Kliksaya (local)
and much more
2. Sell Advertising Space Blog
Besides through Advertising Networks, we can also offer advertising space on our blog directly to anyone who is interested in advertising on our blog.
The advantages of this method is the income that we get will be more certain, because we own that will determine the price.
3. Sell Your Own Products
One way I was doing alone in this blog, which sells its own products. If my friend has his own product, whether it be physical or digital products, will greatly mantab if my friend sold it through the blog.
4. Selling Services
Selling service also can be another alternative to make money from blogs. If my friend at writing, it could try to sell the services of article writing. If the buddy blade design, it can also sell design services. And many more services that can mate offer through blogs.
5. Join the Affiliate Program
If my friend wants to sell a product on your own blog but do not have a product that can be sold, so my friend can try to follow the affiliate program.
Affiliate is a program where we help market other people's products and we will get a commission each to the sale.
6. And many more ..
5 ways above are just a small part we can do for being money from blogs. There are still many other methods that do not lose good to make money from blogs.
For further explanation friend can read my post on how to make money from blogs.
Conclusion
Learn blogging is actually not a difficult thing for we have the will. Errors or failures are common in the learning process, so do not worry if possible at this time my friend can not see the results. The most important thing remains consistent.
Nothing feels turns this post is already quite long. Hopefully what I wrote above could benefit my friend all, especially for those who want to start to learn blogging.
